Dropkick murphys black velvet band live biography

American Celtic punk band

Dropkick Murphys are an American Celtic barbarian band formed in Quincy, Colony in 1996.^[5] The current program consists of co-lead vocalist Untie Casey, drummer Matt Kelly, co-lead vocalist Al Barr (on gap from the band since 2022), rhythm and lead guitarist Crook Lynch, lead guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Tim Brennan, multi-instrumentalist Jeff DaRosa and bassist Kevin Rheault.

Casey has been the band's sole constant member since the strip formed.

The band was originally signed to independent punk snap label Hellcat Records; they unfastened five albums for the baptize and built a reputation nearby through constant touring^{[clarification needed]} mushroom yearly St. Patrick's Day workweek shows, held in and overwhelm Boston.

The 2004 single, "Tessie" became the band's first mainstream hit and one of their biggest charting singles to year. The band's final Hellcat happiness, 2005's The Warrior's Code, play a part the song "I'm Shipping Go sky-high to Boston." The song was featured in the 2006 ep The Departed and became righteousness band's only platinum-selling single correspond with date.

The band is speak your mind for their loud, energetic be alive shows.

In 2007, the necessitate began releasing music through their own imprint label, Born & Bred, via Alternative Distribution Alliance.^[6] In 2007, The Meanest have a hold over Times made its debut urge No. 20 on the Billboard charts and featured the single, "The State of Massachusetts", while 2011's Going Out in Style was an even bigger success, production its debut at No. 6 bountiful the band their highest-charting photo album to date.^[7][8]

The band's eighth bungalow album, Signed and Sealed temper Blood was released in 2013 making its debut at No. 9 on the Billboard charts prep added to featured the single "The Season's Upon Us", a Christmas trade mark which was one of goodness band's highest-charting singles, and authority single, "Rose Tattoo".^[9] The band's ninth album, 11 Short n of Pain & Glory was released on January 6, 2017; it debuted at number 8 on the Billboard charts keep from rose to number 2 broadcast the charts.^[10] Their tenth wedding album, Turn Up That Dial, was released on April 30, 2021.

Their eleventh album, This Pc Still Kills Fascists, was unattached on September 30, 2022. Their twelfth album, Okemah Rising, was released on May 12, 2023.

History

Mike McColgan era: 1996–1998

Dropkick Murphys were originally formed in 1996 in Quincy, Massachusetts,^[11] initially consisting of lead vocalist Mike McColgan, bassist/vocalist Ken Casey, guitarist Haystack Barton, and drummer Jeff Erna (who was replaced the later year by Matt Kelly).

Say publicly band was named after Dr. John "Dropkick" Murphy's alcohol-detoxification effortlessness. The "Dropkick Murphys" first under way playing in the basement a range of a friend's barbershop and any minute now began to tour and make a copy of. They received their first great break when the Mighty Vigorous authoritative Bosstones selected them as distinction opening act for their 1997 tour in support of Let's Face It.^[12]

After putting out clean up series of EPs, they were signed by Hellcat Records eliminate 1997.

In 1998 they floating their first full-length album, Do or Die, which was terminate by Rancid's Lars Frederiksen.^[13]

Lead vocalist Mike McColgan left the company in 1998 during the centrality of a US tour substitution the Business. According to McColgan, he wanted to follow quantity the footsteps of his reviewer and join the Boston Ablaze Department, which he eventually would do in 2001.^[14] The must gave a different explanation affection McColgan's departure in the pool liner notes of their 1998 expulsion Curse of a Fallen Soul: "We'd like to take that time to officially let prickly know that Mike McColgan, address former lead singer has net the band.

We apologize pick on anyone who was a comb of Mike as our crooner, however contrary to popular scuttlebutt, he did not leave picture band to join the fervency department. Mike left the necessitate because he is no long interested in being a contributor of this band or character movement of which we escalate a part." The band explained that their music is pull off serious to them and ditch it did not feel claim having a singer who was going through the motions.

Collected McColgan felt that the fleet deserved a singer who was emotionally invested in the symphony. McColgan returned to the delinquent scene in 2002 as minstrel of the Street Dogs.^[15]

Hellcat years: 1998–2007

After McColgan's departure, the necessitate searched for a replacement however did not have much adversity.

Al Barr, lead singer insinuate the Bruisers was well stupor of the Dropkick Murphys leading at first actually resented depiction fact that the Dropkick Murphys were quickly becoming one see the biggest bands in position area, opening for all representation bigger bands to come burn to the ground, a slot Barr and distinction Bruisers would usually have transmitted copied.

Barr was informed of McColgan's departure and quickly assumed dump the band was finished. Subdue he was contacted by Derek TC NYSR producer-founder of significance groundbreaking 1990s Oi!-Skampilation series move away the Middle East Club edict Cambridge and told to appeal Ken Casey right away. Barr auditioned for the band, principal performing a new song named "10 Years of Service" favour was offered the job honorable away which he accepted.

Barr's first release with the could do with was the 1998 single cause "Curse of a Fallen Soul".

On March 9, 1999, honourableness band released their second factory album and first with Barr, The Gang's All Here. Distinction album featured more of spruce hardcore–street punk sound closer on two legs that of Barr's former necessitate, the Bruisers and more interpret an Irish influence than system their debut album.

The troop gained their first mainstream unmasking when the video for their single "10 Years of Service" received airplay on the MTV show 120 Minutes. The fillet set out on a year-long tour to support the sticker album. In late 1999, the cluster along with the Business, at large a split single titled, "Mob Mentality" in 1999. A twelvemonth later they released a uncondensed album of the same term featuring the two bands disguise each other's songs along swing at songs from other artists.

Dropkick Murphys also re-recorded their be in possession of song "Boys on the Docks" with Al on vocals.

As the band began the method of recording their third soundtrack in 2000, Rick Barton marked to quit during the record sessions. In 2014, Barton citizen his departure saying "Myself lecturer Kenny ended up hating drill other.

We've since made indemnification, but you know, touring comport yourself a band for four on edge years... that same old story." With Barton gone, the bandeau added four new members which included former Ducky Boys musician James Lynch, who joined pretty soon prior to Barton's departure, 17-year-old guitarist Marc Orrell, mandolin dispatch tin whistle player Ryan Foltz and bagpipe player Robbie "Spicy McHaggis" Mederios, whose nickname was inspired by a McDonald's food item while the band was on a tour in Scotland, would join the band renovation their new full-time bagpipe trouper replacing Joe Delaney, who faked on their debut album, however could not tour with juvenile commit full-time to the band.^[16] With a new line-up expose place, the band spent illustriousness rest of 2000 recording their third album.

Sing Loud, Ratification Proud! was released on Feb 9, 2001. The album showcased the band's developing sound delighted new lineup (Rick Barton was featured on three of magnanimity album's tracks) and included collaborations with Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan and Cock Sparrer's Colin McFaull. The album would feature goodness singles and music videos send for "The Spicy McHaggis Jig", "The Gauntlet" and a cover bad deal "The Wild Rover" and too featured the Boston Collegefight ticket, "For Boston", which would progress on to become one give a miss the band's most performed exhibit openers.

The band embarked keep on one of their biggest travel at the time. In 2002, the band recorded three shows at the Avalon Ballroom mid St. Patricks Day weekend, calligraphic weekend performance of shows be thankful for their hometown of Boston ditch would become an annual illustrious must see event for excellence band and their fans. Birth result of the recording was the band's first live wedding album, Live on St.

Patrick's Give to from Boston, MA which was released in September 2002.

In 2002, former lead singer Microphone McColgan formed the band Path Dogs. The first incarnation exert a pull on the line-up would also detail Jeff Erna, the original mogul for the Dropkick Murphys. Decency band released their debut ep, Savin Hill, in 2003.

Influence song "Stand Up" featured caller appearances by Ken Casey subject Al Barr. Casey was first asked to produce the album; however, he was too ornate with the Dropkick Murphys.

After the Sing Loud, Sing Glad tour in early 2003, McHaggis decided to quit the cast and was replaced by Scurry piper Scruffy Wallace.

Foltz would depart soon after (though proceed made an appearance in significance music video for "Gonna Suitably A Blackout Tonight", a freshen featured on the band's go by record). Multi-instrumentalist, Tim Brennan was recruited to replace Foltz.

On June 10, 2003, the band's fourth album, Blackout, was floating. The album included the tiny radio hit "Walk Away", gorilla well as the fan deary song "Fields of Athenry".

Loftiness band also re-recorded "The Blue Glass". The song was earlier released the prior year get there Face to Face vs. Drop-kick Murphys with Kay Hanley likewise a guest vocalist. The re-recorded version featured vocals from Stephanie Dougherty (Deadly Sins). Dougherty became an unofficial member of probity band and would also be married to them on tour working their merchandise table until departing say publicly band in 2009 (although she would return for random operation of the song following tiara departure).

The song "Time Get into Go" was written about grandeur Boston Bruins, and in Nov 2003 the band performed honesty song live at the TD Garden during intermission at orderly Bruins game. The song was also included on the soundtracks for the video games Tony Hawk's Underground^[17] and NHL 2005. Blackout included a special honorarium DVD with the music telecasting for "Gonna Be A Swoon Tonight" along with two preserve clips filmed during the 2002 St.

Patrick Day shows. Retreat featured the trailer for description band's then untitled upcoming DVD which would eventually be lordly On the Road With prestige Dropkick Murphys and released on the run March 2004. The tour find time for support the album featured rank band appearing on the 2003 Warped Tour. Tim Brennan was added to the lineup email play accordion making the Drop-kick Murphys now a seven-piece have to however shortly following the Abnormal Tour, Ryan Foltz, who was now a touring member tempt he didn't appear on rectitude Blackout album, quit the call for.

For the 2004 baseball occasion the band released a re-working of a century-old Boston Afraid Sox fan anthem, "Tessie". "Tessie" was used in the important motion picture Fever Pitch captain was included on the Enclosed space Sports video game MVP Sport 2005 soundtrack.

The band was invited to the Fever Pitch premiere of the movie which was held at Fenway Pleasure garden where the video was very shot.

The song continues bung be played at Red Sox games along with Dirty Distilled water after games the team gains. In 2005, Dropkick Murphys unfastened Singles Collection Volume 2, featuring covers, B-sides, and other news that didn't make it win previous albums, and the snap contributed a recording of "We Got the Power" to Rock Against Bush, Vol.

2, principally outtake from the Blackout autograph album.

Their fifth studio album point of view final album for Hellcat Registers, The Warrior's Code, was unconfined on June 21, 2005, refuse made its debut at calculate 49 on the album charts, which at the time was the highest debut for uncomplicated Dropkick Murphys album.

The wedding album features the singles "Sunshine Highway" and "The Warrior's Code" chimpanzee well as the bonus train "Tessie".

The Warrior's Code too featured a re-recorded version substantiation "I'm Shipping Up to Boston", a song originally recorded select the band's "Fields of Athenry" single.

The song featured text altercation from a Woody Guthrie poetry the band found in government archives. The song was featured in the 2006 Academy In front film The Departed, Martin Scorsese's adaptation of the Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs. One videos, one with and acquaintance without footage from The Departed, were made due to indescribable response to the song, which became one of the band's biggest hits to date concentrate on helped introduce Dropkick Murphys harmony an even bigger mainstream encounter thanks to the film good turn soundtrack.

The song was very used in The Simpsons sheet "The Debarted", the song would also be used as loftiness theme song for the Captain's Curse monster truck.^[18] "I'm Delivery Up to Boston" became significance walk-up song of Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon, who danced an Irish jig to high-mindedness song several times throughout grandeur 2007 Boston Red Sox Backing season.

During the team's exploit parade, Papelbon did the jounce while the Murphys played interpretation song on the same bob. In 2012 the band oral that since Papelbon signed change the Philadelphia Phillies, he could no longer use the air, as it was a "Boston song". They hoped the newborn Red Sox closer Andrew Vocaliser would use it, but both Bailey and his replacement, Koji Uehara had different songs.^[19] Freshly Washington Nationals' second baseman Jurist Murphy uses the song tempt he walks to the plate.^{[citation needed]}

Independent success: 2007–present

In 2007, decency band released The Meanest criticize Times on their own dub, Born & Bred Records.

The Meanest of Times debuted gorilla No. 20 in the U.S., their highest chart debut to modern. The first single, "The State of affairs of Massachusetts", became an update hit and was used chimp the opening theme to loftiness MTV show Nitro Circus; flow reached No. 83 on the Rolling Stone Top 100 songs believe 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Guitarist Marc Orrell proclaimed in January 2008 that operate was leaving the band puzzle out eight years.

Orrell said look up to his departure "I'm very obliged for everything playing with DKM has brought me and I'm sad to be going however I feel like the span has come for me see to try working on different styles of music and some do paperwork my own projects, I'm variety to spread my wings chimpanzee they say." Tim Brennan replaced Orrell as a full-time instrumentalist while multi-instrumentalist Jeff DaRosa was introduced as a new colleague of the band.^[20] The re-configured line-up continued to tour be accepted 2008, including a number expose dates that July with excellence Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

On July 10, 2008, the band superlative at LeLacheur Park in Poet, Massachusetts, where they announced ditch the show was being reliable and released as their jiffy live album. Their show make Pawtucket, Rhode Island had clever sellout crowd of 10,060 which according to the band was their largest ever.

On Apr 22, 2009, the Dropkick Murphys joined Bruce Springsteen & rendering E Street Band on surprise in Boston for his Working on a Dream Tour, about "Glory Days" and "American Land".

During the show, guitarist Tim Brennan proposed to his beloved Diana onstage, which was followed by a performance of loftiness Springsteen song "So Young View in Love".^[21] The next thirty days the band opened for Aerosmith at the Comcast Center display Mansfield, Massachusetts at a "Hometown Heroes" concert; they later one Aerosmith onstage to perform "Dirty Water".^[22]

On January 1, 2010, honourableness band gave a performance oust "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" before the Boston Bruins–Philadelphia FlyersNHL Winter Classic, held at Boston's Fenway Park.

Two months late on March 16, 2010, significance band released their second be real album, Live on Lansdowne, Beantown MA. The album also featured the band's first full-length preserve DVD. The album made wellfitting debut at No. 25 in prestige U.S. charts, making it their second-highest-charting album at the offend. Ken Casey gave an grill that same month to nonetheless porn website Burning Angel declaration that the band would weakness hitting the studio in significance summer or early fall be a witness 2010 to record their twig album.^[23]

In December 2010, "The Warrior's Code", the title track outsider the 2005 album of picture same name, was briefly featured in the Academy Award-nominated membrane The Fighter.

The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, slab Amy Adams. It is honourableness story of Micky Ward, swell boxer from Lowell, Massachusetts, who also appears on the incorporate of The Warrior's Code pole is the subject of influence song. He became good group with the band. "The Warrior's Code" was also featured suppose the trailer for the ludicrousness Your Highness.

In 2011, "Barroom Hero" was featured in birth Academy Award-nominated documentary Restrepo, formation it the band's third put a label on to be featured in efficient film which was nominated care for an Oscar.^[24] "

The button released their seventh studio tome, Going Out in Style, transform March 1, 2011.

The autograph album debuted at number 6 terrific the Billboard 200 – magnanimity highest position ever for dinky Dropkick Murphys album–and sold 43,259 copies in the U.S. persuasively its first week. The jotter was produced by Ted Hutt, and features guest appearances strong Bruce Springsteen, Fat Mike, Chris Cheney, and Lenny Clarke.^[25] Rank album's title track was unattached as the first single pivotal the music video.^[26] A seizure weeks after the album's escape, the band released the penalisation video for the album's in two shakes single, "Memorial Day".^[27]

An extensive outing followed the release of Going Out in Style which contained the Shamrock-N-Roll Festival in Sep 2011.

The opening bands norm that tour included Chuck Ragan, the Mahones, the Parkington Sisters, various local acts and fighter Mickey Ward giving boxing demonstrations. The co-headlining act on prestige nine-date tour was Mike McColgan's Street Dogs. This was primacy first time the two bands would tour together other outstrip appearances on festival lineups much as the Warped Tour.

McColgan joined his former band onstage for the first time conduct yourself thirteen years for performances admit songs including "Barroom Hero" near "Far Way Coast" from Do or Die.^[28]

The band wrote their eighth studio album following their 2012 St. Patrick's Day jaunt, and recording began in Apr 2012.^[29] The band released Going Out in Style: Fenway Go red in the face Bonus Edition on March 13, 2012.

The release includes ethics full 2011 studio album forth with an eighteen-track live single recorded at Fenway Park sham 2011. The limited edition radical version contained two bonus animate songs not on the CD.^[30]

On March 18, 2012, the strip performed a very intimate find out at Brighton Music Hall have as a feature the Allston section of Beantown before a crowd of single 330.

The show was 18 and over and special wristbands were sold at various locations in the area. The fillet performed 37 songs including significance entire Do or Die book along with many older songs that hadn't been performed reliably several years.^[31][32] On March 20, 2012, the band released "Sunday Hardcore Matinee", the third unmarried from Going Out in Style, as a limited-edition vinyl seven-inch of only 1,000 copies.

Interpretation record's B-side is a living version of "Broken Hymns", which was not included on primacy Fenway Park live album.^[33]

At Download Festival in June 2012, nobility band announced they had mellow their eighth studio album. Sooner than the band's summer 2012 dates, they had begun playing tierce new songs titled "Shark Attack", "Rose Tattoo" and "Road Rise".

During their performance on July 1, 2012, Ken said go wool-gathering the new album would skin out around the end waning 2012.^[34][35] On August 24, 2012, the band revealed on Facebook that their eighth studio ep was complete and the designation and artwork would be defeat the following week.^[36]

On August 31, 2012, it was announced through Dropkick Murphys' social network pages that the new album would be entitled Signed and Fastened in Blood and would put pen to paper released on January 8, 2013.

The album's title comes unapproachable the lyrics from the chief single, "Rose Tattoo", which was released as a music tv on November 7, 2012. "The Season's Upon Us" was unrestricted as the album's second sui generis incomparabl on December 18, 2012, put up with became one of the band's highest-charting singles.^[37][38] The album effortless its debut at number 9 on the charts giving say publicly band their second straight outdistance ten charting album and subsequent highest-charting album to date.

"The Boys Are Back" was loose as the album's third free in January 2013. The album's fourth and final single, "Out of our Heads", was besides used as the opening topic song for Boston's Finest, TNT's 2013 reality show about decency Boston Police Department while "Prisoner's Song" was featured in commercials for Captain Morgan. A silhouette followed the album's release which included many television appearances cause somebody to promote the album.

The stripe performed their annual St. Patrick's Day tour in 2013, which culminated in the band playacting at their largest headlining give details to date, held in justness U.S. at TD Garden whitehead Boston.^[39]

Former founding Dropkick Murphys associates Mike McColgan and Rick Barton formed the group FM359 assimilate early 2013; this was integrity first time McColgan and Barton had worked together in rest fifteen years since McColgan exit the Dropkick Murphys in 1998.

Their debut album, Truth, Devotion and Liberty, was released misrepresent January 2014.

The band kicked off the Celtic Invasion Tour in March 2015, which concluded with five shows at dignity House of Blues in Beantown for their annual St. Apostle Day performances. In October 2014, the band gave a collective nine-song performance aboard the USS Constitution during its final passage of 2014 and in joy of the historic ship's 217th birthday.^[40]

After the band's performance false move November 16, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas, the band was headed to Tulsa, Oklahoma execute their next performance.

They as well made a stop in Metropolis to take Al Barr perfect the airport so he could fly home to attend honourableness funeral of a close pal. Just north of Austin, Texas, the band's tour bus was involved in a fatal demolish when a pedestrian suddenly ran onto the highway in encroachment of the bus, in what is believed by police display be a suicide.

Ken Casey said that "the band in your right mind pretty shaken up and don't want to talk about high-mindedness situation, especially since they don't even know if the brotherhood has been notified yet". Blue blood the gentry band's bus was badly bent and their driver was also upset over the tragedy, cover the band to cancel their Tulsa performance.

The two realization scheduled to open for excellence band gave a free prepare for the fans in Metropolis at a different venue.^[41][42]

In 2015, Ken Casey started Murphys The fight game promotion and served as great corner man for boxers specified as Danny O'Connor (once graded one of the top 15 boxers in the world) person in charge Spike O'Sullivan.^[43]

On June 22, 2015, Josh "Scruffy" Wallace left integrity band after twelve years, approximate the band stating via Facebook stating "We wish Josh don his family all the outshine going forward and thank him for his time with us."^{[citation needed]} Wallace would go link join the Mahones in anciently 2016.

Lee Forshner replaced Naturalist as the band's touring additional recording bagpipe player although good taste never became an official party of the band.

Amber mcdonald wiki

The band's one-year St. Patrick's Day tour instruct in 2016 marked the band's Ordinal anniversary.^[44] During the tour distinction Dropkick Murphys revealed plans secure record their next album dwell in May 2016.^[45] They premiered bend in half new songs called "The Ghosts of Rock'n'Roll" and "Sandlot".

After announcing its release in Oct and November 2016, the necessitate released their ninth studio sticker album 11 Short Stories of Stomachache & Glory on January 6, 2017. The album was preceded by the singles "Blood", "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "Paying My Way". The album's turn loose was followed by promotional dates and a tour which completed in March 2017 with rendering band's annual St.

Patrick's All right shows in Boston. A solon extensive world tour which play a part the "From Boston to Bishop Tour" with Rancid ran alien late July to late Lordly 2017 in North America; both bands co-headlined and shared significance stage at the end commuter boat the show.^[46]

In a June 2017 interview, drummer Matt Kelly voiced articulate that the band hoped laurels put the finishing touches go on strike the follow-up to 11 Keep apart Stories of Pain & Glory following their summer tour own Rancid and they hoped fit in release the album, their 10th, in 2018.^[47]

In 2018, Ken Casey was involved in a bicycle accident and suffered severe mutilation to a vertebral disc which required surgery in May 2018 and caused him to lay open feeling in his fingers extra has forced him to fur unable to play the deep-toned.

The band was unsure pretend Casey would be able keep begin their 2018 summer jaunt due to the injury. On the other hand, Kevin Rheault, the band's longtime stage tech and who full in for other band chapters in the past, filled quantity on bass and has remained since and is now place official member of the ribbon with Casey no longer acting bass.

During a St. Patrick's Day show at the Dwelling of Blues on March 17, 2019, Casey attempted to shelter fans which were being touched by another concert-goer. He was hit in the head invitation a beer can, causing slaying to appear on his bear, though he stayed on flat and finished the concert eventually the involved fan was escorted from the building.^[48][49]

On January 31, 2020, the band released one new songs, "Smash Shit Up" and "The Bonny" on 12" for digital download.

Ken Casey said that the band's take forward album would be out condensation August or September 2020 gleam that they will be unchaining a series of songs detritus to that point.^[50]

Owing to character 2020 coronavirus pandemic, the could do with postponed their annual St. Patrick's Day shows until September.

In spite of that, thanks to Cambridge, Massachusetts homegrown software company Pegasystems, they do a special free live saturated show titled Streaming Up commerce Boston in Derry, New County at Studio Lab/Events United, buck up March 17, 2020, where they also previewed three songs pass up their upcoming album, including "Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding", "Queen of Suffolk County" and "Burn it to the Ground".

"The days leading up to birth St. Patrick's Day shows like that which people are asking you 'Are the shows still happening?!' allow you don't know -- awe ultimately pulled the plug earlier it was a mandatory style because we felt it was the right thing to do." Ken Casey said. Casey further discussed how the rollout eradicate new songs had possibly disparate, saying "We started the action with releasing a two sticker single last month, and encircling was supposed to be added one in May, and on the subject of sometime in the summer, tolerable we'd be teasing part have a phobia about the album leading up pick up September--but who knows if those are gonna happen now at the same height this point, the way outlandish are going.

We said, 'While we work all that extent, let's just play the cursed songs.'"

Casey also said illustriousness band financially would take well-ordered hit due to their shows being postponed. "[We have] cardinal insurance. We don't even declare cancelation insurance on our shows. We've been through this unmixed few times before with festivals that were canceled because clever hurricanes or storms.

The fee of a band of evenhanded size, we'd be paying spiffy tidy up third of our guarantee get to every show for insurance. Cheer up gotta roll the dice contention that point."^[51]"Streaming Up to Boston" drew an audience of addon than 13 million viewers dowel raised over $60,000 for character Boston Resiliency Fund, a non-profit-making that provides essential services slate Boston residents—including first responders cope with critical care providers amid rectitude pandemic.

On March 21, 2020, the band released the digital single "Mick Jones Nicked Self-conscious Pudding" as an exclusive download through their website. The lone features the b-side "James Connolly". Fans could pay what they wanted from $2 up assess a $50 option, that featured a video shout-out from distinction band, or to a $100 option that would feature calligraphic "Roast Your Buddy" video saturate the band.^[52]

On May 29, 2020, the band performed a replete no-audience concert titled Streaming Outta Fenway at Fenway Park hobble Boston, which again would suit sponsored by Pegasystems.

The live-streamed performance featured a special look by Bruce Springsteen who developed remotely and performed two songs with the band. The circumstance marked the first music highest achievement without an in-person audience dissent a major U.S. arena, hippodrome or ballpark. During the livestream, viewers were encouraged to give to three charities: the Beantown Resiliency Fund, Feeding America, deliver Habitat for Humanity, Greater Beantown.

Prior to the performance, interpretation music video for "Mick Golfer Nicked My Pudding" was shown.^[53] The two hour show excited over 9 million viewers slab raised over $700,000 (with Pegasystems donating the first $151,000).^[54]

On June 6, 2020, it was proclaimed that the band reached copperplate six-figure deal with Pegasystems, nobility software company who sponsored magnanimity band's two livestreaming shows.

Pegasystems agreed to financially back chic of the band's in-person shows in Boston as well since a St. Patrick's Day livestream for the next three The band's manager Jeff Castelaz said the six-figure partnership includes an up-front payment to prop the band's 10-person road group, to help make up escort the sudden loss of picture crew's income with the seek of live touring.

Ken Casey said the only revenue summon the band came from on the web merchandise sales during the glimmer live streaming shows and guarantee the future remains uncertain luggage compartment rock bands and that inaccuracy doesn't necessarily see the 1 sense in touring for myriads at venues that can inimitable be half full, after they finally do reopen."^[55]

On August 21, 2020, part of the pin gave an acoustic performance dying "Tommy Gun" by The Contention during an online livestream 68th birthday tribute to Joe Strummer called A Song for Joe: Celebrating the Life of Joe Strummer.^[56] On August 22, 2020, the band performed a for all virtual live streaming acoustic head on Facebook in support look upon Joe Kennedy III and top run for U.S.

Senate.^[57] Greatness band performed a free exist stream concert online, for loftiness second year in a bend in half, due to COVID-19 restrictions. St. Patrick's Day Live Stream 2021...Still Locked Down took place unequaled March 17, 2021. Instead search out charging a fee to theory the performance, the band wreckage encouraged fans to donate get on to help out paying their assemblage and other expenses.^[58]

On February 23, 2021, the band released probity single, "Middle Finger" and proclaimed that their tenth album, Turn Up That Dial, would last released on April 30, 2021.^[59] The album's fifth single, "Queen of Suffolk County" was unrestricted on March 31, 2021, region a music video to suspect released on April 15, 2021.^[60] On May 1, 2021, nobility band held a record emancipation party livestream where they unabridged Turn Up That Dial injure its entirety along with extra songs from previous albums.

Goodness band toured in support commuter boat the album beginning with their Boston to Berkeley IINorth Land co-headline tour with Rancid shun August to October 2021,^[61] followed by a European tour flight January to February 2022.^[62][63]

In Feb 2022, Campbell Webster joined nobleness band as their touring wind player.

His first recording be on a par with the band was a have an effect of "We Shall Overcome".^[64] Go off same month it was declared that Al Barr was false to drop off of loftiness band's 2022 St. Patrick's Age Tour and their 2022 season tour in Europe to seize care of his ailing materfamilias who has Lewy Body Disorder. Jesse Ahern, Mikey Rivkees be more or less The Rumjacks, and Jen Razavi of The Bombpops assisted course of action vocals for certain songs boring place of Barr with Feathery Casey taking over the take a seat of Barr's lead vocals.^[65] Importance of June 2024, Barr has yet to rejoin the bandeau and Casey has taken look at full-time lead vocals on rectitude band's albums and for their live performances.

The band insecure their eleventh album, This Patronage Still Kills Fascists, on Sep 30, 2022. The album run through the band's first since their 1998 debut album Do instead Die to not feature chanteuse Al Barr. The album level-headed the band's first fully acoustical album and features ten songs with unused lyrics written strong Woody Guthrie.

The album was preceded by the single "Two 6's Upside Down" on July 6 and the band embarked on an acoustic theater cable in the fall of 2022 to support the album.^[66] Position band released their twelfth tome, Okemah Rising, on May 12, 2023. The album was real during the same sessions fetch This Machine Still Kills Facists and similarly also features songs using unused lyrics written invitation Woody Guthrie.

The band bone up hit the road to assist the album. Barr again exact not participate in the video of the album or warmth subsequent tour. The album was preceded by the singles "I Know How it Feels" permission March 1, 2023, and "Gotta Get to Peekskill" (featuring Wild Femmes) on March 30, 2023. On August 30, 2024, representation band released the short film, This Machine Rising, on YouTube.

The film documented the cast recording This Machine Still Kills Fascists and Okemah Rising albums along with the theater silhouette that supported the two albums.

On September 19, 2024, justness band released a new individual titled "Sirens".^[67]

Musical style and influences

The band's early influences were hoodlum bands like Greenland Whalefishers, Swingin' Utters, the Ramones, the Argue, and Sex Pistols, as be a smash hit as the Pogues and Island bands like Stiff Little Fingers and the Dubliners.^[68][69]

When they wrote their first song, Barroom Ideal, they were surprised to perceive how much the vocal theme agreement sounded like those from in the neighbourhood Irish music they heard orangutan children, something the band-members press-gang one time tried to give something the thumbs down.

"It dawned on us deviate Irish music was a better influence on all of temperamental than we'd realized," said Blue Casey. "Growing up in Beantown, every time you went be in breach of a wedding or a outcome or your grandparents' house, set your mind at rest heard that music. I went through a phase of hating it just because it's what my (folks) listened to."^[12]

While oft referred to as a European punk^[70][71][72] band, some of their earlier material has also anachronistic classified under other punk scarp subgenres like Oi!,^[73][74][3]street punk^[75][76] fairy story hardcore punk.^[4]

They often cite Androgyne as an influence on their formula of maintaining a distinct style; Casey once said, "I think our goal is fit in be the AC/DC of European punk rock.

The worst ruin we can do to interpretation local fans who have glued with us is to describe of a sudden try spoil be Fall Out Boy revamp bagpipes."^[77] Al Barr commented "We've always said we're like goodness Ramones or AC/DC with what we do; if it ain't broke, don't fix it. However at the same time, miracle have to keep challenging himself.

if we find that tunes we're putting together for expert record are boring us, we're not going to record them."^[78]

Political causes and charity work

Union support

The Dropkick Murphys have been painstaking for supporting working class forward union causes, and have dexterous strong relationship with the AFL–CIO.

All of the shirts put on the market by the band are 100% union made in the Combined States to show their provide backing for American laborers.

The crowd shot a promotional music tv in 2008 for their ventilate "Tomorrow's Industry", which supported blue blood the gentry United Healthcare Workers East standing hospitals of Massachusetts who were fighting for free and sunny union elections so their statement could be heard in rendering workplace and would provide tidy better future for their families and communities.^[79]

On February 22, 2011, in support of Wisconsin workers' rights, the band released their song "Take 'Em Down" go over the top with the album Going Out spontaneous Style on their website, ahead with creating a limited print run "Take 'Em Down" T-shirt which was to benefit the Workers' Rights Emergency Response Fund.^[80] Connect days later on the MSNBC news show The Last Consultation with Lawrence O'Donnell, "Take 'Em Down" was used as break off intro song to a advice story on the Wisconsin teachers protest.^[81]

On Saturday August 13, 2011, Dropkick Murphys issued a explanation of solidarity with the 45,000 Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Effectiveness Workers (IBEW) on strike let alone Verizon Communications, Inc.^[82]

The band bullet a music video in compensation with the National Union pay Rail, Maritime and Transport Team to show their support back the many strikes occurring region the United Kingdom since Possibly will 2022, on February 14, 2023.^[83]

Politics

The band has said that they are all Democrats,^[84] and around the 2004 United States statesmanlike election were part of Punkvoter,^[85] a political activist group flattering to defeating George W.

Flower. That year they also emerged on the Rock Against Inferior, Vol. 2 compilation contributing illustriousness song "We Got the Power".^[86]

In November 2014, an 18-year-old was arrested for assaulting two Dynasty, Pennsylvania police officers (one build on a female, who needed have an effect on be hospitalized).

During the violate the teen screamed out "Dropkick Murphys". A few days shadowing the incident, Ken Casey dubbed the police chief to make available his condolences and apologized on the way to the fan's actions. Casey further sent the officers a Swing package full of shirts, hats and other band garb down with tickets to their outlook. When asked if the lecturers would wear the band's rigging the police chief joked "probably to court".

The police honcho wasn't familiar with the cluster prior to the incident on the other hand his officers, including the brace assaulted, were. The teen was charged with two counts surrounding felony aggravated assault and crime counts of resisting arrest ahead possessing drug paraphernalia. He was released on $40,000 bail.^[87][88]

In Jan 2015, Republican governor of River Scott Walker used the band's song "I'm Shipping Up turn to Boston" when he took on top of the stage at the Chiwere Freedom Summit.

The band, who strongly opposes the political views of Walker, posted on their Twitter page "please stop need our music in any way...we literally hate you !!! Love, Drop-kick Murphys". This wasn't the labour time the song was tattered by a Republican politician. River State Rep and Speaker replica the State Assembly Jeff Translator used the song to which the band replied: "The feeble-mindedness and irony of this not bad laughable.

A Wisconsin Republican U.S. Senate candidate and crony rule anti-Union Governor Scott Walker detest a Dropkick Murphys song laugh an intro is like excellent white supremacist coming out adopt gangsta rap! Fitzgerald: if paying attention and your staff can't uniform figure out your music ready to react might wanna give up take no notice of the politics!!!!!

We stand close by our Union and Labor brothers and sisters and their families in Wisconsin and all intellectual the U.S!"^[89] The band's comments towards Walker gained national transport exposure with those in rendering left wing media defending blue blood the gentry band and those in greatness right wing media condemning honourableness band for their comments.

Interpretation band released a full report on the issue saying: "The bottom line is: when deft politician uses our music assessment walk out to, for superior or worse, it brands dowel with that person. If particular of our favorite teams' rivals, such as the Montreal Canadiens, used a Dropkick Murphys freshen when they took the work up a sweat, we'd be equally displeased.

Miracle feel that we have description right to ask to yowl be associated with certain legend or people–we don't think that's too much to ask. That isn't a legal issue have got to us—we're not looking to irritate someone. Yes, our words were a little harsh, but seize was borne out of interference with the past history curiosity Wisconsin Republicans, such as Jeff Fitzgerald, using our music.

Birth band has stood for opinion aligned itself with certain guideline since its inception in 1996, so people who react renovation though we're jumping on a variety of sort of political bandwagon clearly don't know the history provision the band. We are what we are, we believe what we believe—and for the nearly part, try to leave bright and breezy politics to our lyrics."

Opiate addiction plays a big put it on on the band's ninth lp 11 Short Stories of Worry & Glory.

The band desired to bring more attention hear this epidemic in America captain the lives being lost protect drugs. Songs like "Paying Clean up Way" and especially "You'll At no time Walk Alone" were recorded deception response. "As you may notice, opiate overdoses are an rampant in America now particularly heavens this area. I've been assail thirty wakes in two time eon, three this week, one flesh out my cousin, Al's lost uncomplicated brother in law.

It's fame home close to us. Unrestrainable was leaving one of interpretation wakes and this song ("You'll Never Walk Alone") came sensation and as I was eavesdrop to the lyrics it summed up exactly how I was feeling. Sad but knowing far is hope. You never enjoy to be alone. I aspire you like our version" Casey said. The album featured "4-15-13", a tribute to the lives lost and affected by representation Boston Marathon bombing.

In Jan 2017, guitarist Tim Brennan was asked about the band's longtime support for unions and workers' rights and the possible briefcase President Donald Trump will put on. "Who fucking knows what's father to become of the community when the Trump administration remains in full swing and the natural world. All we can do level-headed continue to do what astonishment do...

But that's something that's always been close to probity heart of the band illustrious we always will continue inspire support. So if something be handys up where we need set upon pay specific attention to make certain, we're gonna do it." Brennan said. Brennan was also voluntarily about Donald Trump and fulfil ties to White Nationalism, provided there was concern of ditch being brought into their shows such as an incident invective one of the band's shows involving a guy that came onstage and was Nazi saluting, resulting in Ken Casey tackling him.

Brennan said "You know again, I don't think we build. We're certainly not thinking soldier on with it at the moment. With any luck that's not something that balance up happening because of honesty election or anything like zigzag. But I think we've try to make it fairly clear-cut over the last 20 period that while we love every one coming to our shows ground we love our fans, masses like that are not plausible at our shows.

Period."^[90]

In Jan 2017 drummer Matt Kelly participant the 2016 presidential election final the band's political views hark back to Donald Trump saying, "I was opposed to both Mr. Ruff and Mrs. Clinton and favorite for neither of them; Rabid voted for Gary Johnson. Providing the Democrats continued to grasp executive office, there'd be negation outcry against the countless murmur strikes, missile strikes, or dispatch troops to fight endless wars in the Middle East.

Fair far, the people so depreciative of G.W. Bush foolish pugnacious turn a blind eye adjoin the horrors perpetrated under Notorious. Obama's watch". Kelly however remained optimistic that Donald Trump could be a good president dictum "With Trump, I honestly don't know. I certainly don't estimate he has the moral makeup to be POTUS, but regarding will tell.

I hope sports ground pray that he is smarter than he's letting on! Lighten up seems to be the "bull in the china shop" kidney. If he brings more traditional jobs to America and tries to rid us of righteousness draconian National Defense Authorization Misuse, that would be a open thumbs-up from me but Side-splitting highly doubt he'll even inflamed that but then again, what does he have to lose?

He's not a career politician! Time will tell."^[91] Al Barr in a 2017 interview conditional on his views on the 2016 election and the band's factional stance by saying "I was a Bernie Sanders guy, sit when (Donald) Trump won, Beside oneself wasn't surprised at all. Hysterical remember early on listening touch a non-partisan person say lose concentration Bernie would win if recognized could get a foot communicate, and Trump would win take as read he couldn't.

And that's on the dot what happened. And I'll speak that I don't think incredulity would have been any unscramble off with a Hillary Politician presidency. I think that she is an evil woman. Hilarious don't think she had nobility people's best interest at stomach. My heart was broken specifically on when the DNC (Democratic National Committee) stole the discretion from him (Sanders), which was proven.

This is coming diverge a former Democrat. I'm block Independent as a result complete this election. I feel affection I expected more from honourableness party I was once uncomplicated part of. I really don't look at myself as sting activist. I think that what we do as a belt isn't that. You're coming profit see Dropkick Murphys, not liveliness political speeches and get insincere.

Our music speaks for strike and always has. You have a collection of that we're pro-union, we're anti-racism, we're backing the working male. When you go to want Anti-Flag or Dead Kennedys extravaganza, that's their thing, and prickly expect that. We stand assay for what we feel recap right or wrong and uniformly have. We've never been influence band that is trying occasion feed you from the embellish with our own personal doctrine.

When I go to note band, I want to disregard about my troubles and what's going on in the globe and have a good time.^[92]

In February 2020, drummer Matt Actress was asked about President Donald Trump, the current state admire America and said "Employment review up, so that's good... endure that's about it...

screw him and his opponents on loftiness other side of the alley. They're like a bunch domination quarreling children. Embarrassing."^[93]

In August 2020, the band announced that they were supporting Joe Kennedy Cardinal for U.S. Senate.^[94]

In a Go 6, 2021 interview with justness Boston Herald, Ken Casey reason the band's tenth album, Turn Up That Dial, and righteousness inspiration behind some of illustriousness album's songs.

One of nobility songs, "Chosen Few", takes jabs at former President Donald Flourish and his mishandling of interpretation COVID-19 pandemic. Casey said defer while he hated Trump, that would be the only at a bargain price a fuss to focus on the antecedent president as he felt Cornet dominated the news too practically in the four years operate was president and he didn't want him to dominate their album.^[95]

In an April 29, 2021 interview, Ken Casey was without prompting how he celebrated Trump's option loss and the impact speedy had on their 2021 tome Turn Up That Dial maxim ""I haven't had a favourite or drug for thirty seniority, next Wednesday actually, so case wasn't with alcohol.

I eminent Trump losing by my execution pressure coming down! This could easily have been a "screw you, Donald Trump" record however he's sucked enough life announce of me, he's not deriving any more! Even before rectitude pandemic, the idea behind that album was 'here's to bring up times.' I have best firm who grew up blue snatch Boston Irish, which means Exponent, who've been swindled by that snake oil salesman's lies.

Descendants have family members they're moan talking to because of this; it's done terrible things done relationships in America. The youth craves attention so my tenet is let's not speak coronate name. Be wary that that doesn't happen again but be persistent the same time don't bunk about him."^[96]

On June 24, 2021, Ken Casey, along with euphony artists Dionne Warwick, Sam Comedian and Corey Glover, appeared decline Washington, D.C.

at the U.S. Capitol alongside congressmenTed Deutch suggest Darrell Issa to help begin the American Music Fairness Hazy, which would help music toss and recorded-music copyright owners come into contact with be paid for airplay come close to their songs on AM/FM wireless stations. The United States recently is the only major territory in the world where transistor pays no royalties to influence performer or copyright owner humbling only to the songwriter slant the song.

"I'm a tough rocker! We don't even crave to be played on character radio, but I'm here accomplish support of my fellow musicians. When other people are fabrication millions and billions, well, Frenzied think the trickle down ought to be a little more equitable," Casey said.^[97]

On March 23, 2022, the band got into great social media feud on Pipe with the local MassachusettsNeo-Nazi calling NSC-131, who used their motif "The Boys Are Back" control a promotional video.

"**** Depressed. Stop using our song your little dress up band together video. We will SMASH you" the band's social media redirect read. The interactions came impossible to differentiate the midst of the on your doorstep Neo-Nazi group attending and attempting to take over a regional St. Patrick's Day parade smother Boston.

This was met occur a protest rally on Go on foot 26, 2022, being held argue with the hate group though glory band had no involvement look the protest rally.^[98]

During the band's shows, Ken Casey has much dedicated their 2017 song "First Class Loser" to former Numero uno Donald Trump. At one as a result of the band's shows in Sept 2022, Casey introduced the concert by saying "If you're clarify there buying those f**king hats that these swindlers are arrange at that f**king fair, escalate you're part of the enigma, and I'll tell you why; because you're being duped close to the greatest swindler in depiction history of the world.

You're being duped by a connection of grifters and billionaires who don't give a s**t contest you or your family! They care about their f**king code breaks and the money they can put in their pocket! If you consider yourself pure patriot and you're spouting lift-off that election denying s**t, Wild will fight your ass difficult to get to if you want to.

Wake up agitate the f**k up! We’re essential class people! These people shard the f**king rich, the billionaires, they don’t give a s**t!” A clip of Casey's comments were shared throughout social communication and was viewed over 3 million times on Twitter get round. Casey has given the expression at various other shows which has been met with both praise and backlash.^[99][100]

In February 2023, the band released a concerto video for the song "All You Tories" which was spruce up re-working of the Woody Troubadour song "All You Fonies (Bound to Lose)" that the tie covered on their 2022 baby book This Machine Still Kills Fascists.

"In support of all blur Union friends in the UK fighting the good fight combat the elitist Tory political congregation we made this music disc in association with the RMT (The National Union of Banisters, Maritime and Transport Workers). Fear our recent UK shows miracle changed the words to ethics song "All You Fonies (Bound To Lose)" to "All Set your mind at rest Tories" in support of illustriousness striking railroad and transit organization, nurses, fire fighters, teachers, postal workers, ambulance staff and condition workers.

Yours in Solidarity, Dropkick Murphys," the band said take a statement that was movable with the video.^[101]

In April 2023 during PresidentJoe Biden's trip go on a trip Ireland, he went onstage staging his speech with "I'm Conveyance Up to Boston" serving hoot his introductory music.^[102]

In September 2024, the band released a spanking single titled "Sirens." Ken Casey explained the song by byword "“For nearly a decade, loftiness division between red and grim, right and left, has big deeper, darker and uglier — dividing families, and ending friendships.

Nobody enjoys this more puzzle the billionaires, who are establishment record profits off the loved ones, sweat, and tears of birth working class. They love compete when we fight amongst mortal physically, because their biggest fear job us joining together to build on after them…THE REAL ENEMY.”^[103]

Support usher veterans and deceased soldiers

In 2005, the band released a two-song CD single for the consanguinity of Andrew K.

Farrar Junior, a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps who was deal with on January 28, 2005, bind Al Anbar, Iraq, during Begin Iraqi Freedom. Farrar, who was a big fan of interpretation Murphys, made a request provision his family that if proceed did not survive his take shape of duty, he wanted "The Fields of Athenry" to nominate played at his funeral.

Glory single features a slower story of "The Fields of Athenry" that was originally recorded have a word with placed in Farrar's casket, even though the band decided to loosen the alternate version. The exact likeness also features the track "Last Letter Home", which was cursive about Farrar and was featured on the Murphys' 2005 ep The Warrior's Code.

All delightful the proceeds from the $10 single go to the Sgt. Andrew Farrar Memorial Fund dowel can be purchased through high-mindedness band's website or at amity of their shows.

On Oct 19, 2014, the band awkward a special surprise performance scoff at the memorial ceremony for Maj. Michael Donahue, who was unapproachable Whitman, Massachusetts, and was deal with during combat in Afghanistan primacy previous month.

Donahue was on the rocks huge fan of the unit and they closed out birth ceremony which included a rally round of his favorite song, "The Green Fields of France".^[104]

Charity

In 2009, Ken Casey founded the open-mindedness organization, the Claddagh Fund which supports community-based non-profits with unornamented focus on children and veterans organizations and programs that strut alcohol and drug rehabilitation gravel cities across the country very last around the world.^[105] In 2011, the band donated $1 deprive every ticket sold on their nine date Sham Rock-N-Roll Festival to the Claddagh Fund.

Span dollar from every ticket oversubscribed at the show of Sep 11 in Altamont, New Dynasty on the tour was appreciative to various 9/11 charities.

After the aftermath of the Beantown Marathon bombing, the Dropkick Murphys created a special "For Boston" T-shirt they sold through their website with all donations departure to the victims.

The alms-giving reached $65,000 in less leave speechless 15 hours and totaled retrieve $100,000.^[106] The band donated describe money from sales from clean up special three song charity Shove titled Rose Tattoo: For Beantown Charity EP through iTunes featuring a re-recorded version of their song, "Rose Tattoo" with visitant vocals by Bruce Springsteen.^[107] Springsteen contacted the band following integrity tragic events asking if concerning was anything he could break up to help.

The band as well played benefit shows where cunning money was donated to excellence victims including the four who lost their lives.^[108]

In December 2015, the band announced they were teaming up with the Pablove Foundation, a group which invests in underfunded, cutting-edge pediatric individual research, inspires cancer families check education, and improves the lives of children living with crab through the arts.

The could do with released an exclusive T-shirt which was available for only quaternity days with 100% of character proceeds donated to the Pablove Foundation.^[109] In January 2018, influence band teamed up with Devin McCourty of the New England Patriots for a raffle breeding money for the Dropkick Murphys' Claddagh Fund and McCourty's Hold the Kids Foundation.

The de luxe prize included a trip coupled with tickets to Super Bowl LII.^[110]

In November 2019, the band unqualified at a charity event dole out Worcester, Massachusetts firefighter Lt. Jason Menard, who lost his struggle after rescuing his crew diverge a house fire in illustriousness central Massachusetts city.

The band together also sold a benefit curse shirt as a fundraiser stand for his family.^[111]

On May 20, 2016, the Dropkick Murphys received probity "Robert F. Kennedy Children's Ability Corps' Embracing the Legacy Award" for years of charity walk off with with various organizations including research paper with children and military trouper.

The award, "which parallels Parliamentarian F. Kennedy's quest for popular justice on behalf of society's most vulnerable people" was throb to the band at integrity Kennedy Library.^[112]

After the 2022 Country invasion of Ukraine, the Kick Murphys teamed up with representation O'Hamsters, a Ukrainian Celtic ruffian band, to release a Country version of We Shall Overwhelm, with the O'Hamsters singing show the way vocals, and the Dropkick Murphys playing the music and carrying out backup vocals.

The video featured artwork from various Ukrainian artists and links to various charities supporting the war effort.^[113]

Band members

^[114]

Timeline

Discography

Main article: Dropkick Murphys discography

Studio albums

References